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As two projects were found to be substandard BAGUIO CITY – Two of the six projects inspected by Mayor Benjamin Magalong and City Administrator Engr. Bonifacio Dela Peña as part of the new procedure to ensure the quality of infrastructure projects in the city received a failed mark from the two officials. In view of this, Mayor Magalong warned […]
Read moreSHILAN, LA TRINIDAD, Benguet– Special Action Force (SAF) Police Staff Sgt. Reagan Salbino was one of those who had survived the five-month-long siege in the city of Marawi, which started May of 2017, to recover the place from Islamic militants, led by the Maute group. He was one of the many heroes of Marawi who received a “Medalya ng Kadakilaan” […]
Read moreBAGUIO CITY– Workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will get an early Christmas gift effective November 18 when Wage Order (WO) 20 takes effect, giving between PHP30 and PHP45 salary increase to all minimum wage earners regardless of the number of the employees of a firm.. All minimum wage earners in Baguio City, La Trinidad in Benguet and Tabuk […]
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Hydro company SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc. (SNAP-Benguet) reaffirmed its social purpose to power positive change in host communities during its annual forum held on October 30, 2019 at Baguio City. SNAP-Benguet President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Yu vowed to continue “powering positive change” through its corporate social responsibility program. Since 2008, the company has supported 375 community-initiated infrastructure, […]
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LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – – Cooperatives in the province are thriving amassing the highest total assets among coops in the Cordillera. Cooperative Development Authority Cordillera (CDA-CAR) records showed that the coops in the province have the highest accumulated assets amounting to P6.517 billion or higher by P393 million than those in Baguio City with a total of P6.124 billion assets. […]
Read moreUndas 2019 generally peaceful The observance of Undas 2019 (All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day) in the Cordillera was generally peaceful and orderly due to the cooperation and support of the community. The PNP PROCOR has undertaken operational activities to thwart any criminal activities and threat to ensure a safe observance of Undas 2019. There was no significant incident […]
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BAGUIO CITY – On October 18, a 16-year-old high school student from one of the universities here simply slipped from the third floor of the school and fell on the roof of an adjoining building. The 15 to 18-foot plunge only saw an injured boy who was rushed to a nearby hospital. Police report calls it an accident but students […]
Read moreBAGUIO CITY – The city government is targeting to establish the Summer Capital’s first ever modernized satellite market in the Gibraltar-Pacdal district area by next year in line with the executive-legislative collective core agenda on market modernization. This was revealed by councilor Philian Weygan-Allan, chair of the august body’s committee on market, trade, commerce and agriculture, in Monday’s flag-raising rites […]
Read moreOpen spaces titled under the name of the city government will be reclaimed from informal settlers as city officials are now focused on turning idle real properties into potential investment sites. The Asset and Property Management Division of the City General Services Office said the city owns 16 open spaces outside the central business district duly titled under the name […]
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